An almost 20-year secret donation ends with a $10,000 gift to the Legacy Oregon Burn Center

Nov 16, 2017 | Our Communities

Kenneth Roegner gave his two sons a list of specific charitable donations to make out of their inheritance upon his passing. The Legacy Oregon Burn Center (OBC) was one. The Roegners honored their late father’s wish and donated $10,000 to Oregon’s only burn center to use at its discretion.

Our veterans: His love of caring for people grew through military service

Nov 10, 2017 | Our People

Kraig Hunter is a nurse in Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s Neuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit where he does trauma resuscitation and works with the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team to provide life-saving care for critical patients.

Clinical social worker Catherine Patterson’s co-workers on Legacy Emanuel’s Neuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit surprised her by wearing pink clothes, pink wristbands and with a pink-themed potluck to support her during her treatment for an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Joe Tanner isn’t the typical recipient of the Oregon Health Authority's Life Saving Medal. It's usually given to an emergency medical technician, or EMT. Tanner is a registered nurse on the Neuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center who cares for patients brought in through the hospital’s emergency room. What makes this unique is what he did for himself that will help others.

A mother of four children by age 18, a victim of domestic violence, and a drug addict with stints of prostitution and other crimes, Melonie Powell was in the county jail when she heard a powerful voice speak to her.